welfare dependency

How Has Welfare Reform Affect Families?

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How Has Welfare Reform Affect Families? Our findings show that the proposed welfare reform changes would increase poverty and reduce incomes of families in the lowest income group. With the legislation fully phased in, spending on the current social safety net would be reduced by about $16 billion per year compared to current law. How

What Did The 1996 Welfare Reform Do?

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What Did The 1996 Welfare Reform Do? The 1996 legislation stated that the purposes of the program were to assist needy families, fight welfare dependency by promoting work and marriage, reduce nonmarital births, and encourage the formation and maintenance of two-parent families. What changes did the 1996 TANF make to welfare? States can use federal